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Multi-Faith Jew. Spiritual Organizer. Sci-fi nerd. Urban planning aficionado. Unapologetic believer in hope & optimism. My theology: You are what you worship. https://linktr.ee/markgilman
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I did not have an epic bro-metal cover of a 112 year old bluegrass song that was really popular in college on my 2025 bingo card, but here we are: open.spotify.com/track/3uiSM3...

"Some tables will always be full and you'll just have to build your own." My girlfriend knows how to say the truest things I don't want to hear.

Love Tim Walz.

@mta.info decided to unveil a new subway map on World Autism Day and I have never felt more seen.

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

there is absolutely nothing standing in the way of more moderate democrats being aggressive opponents of the white house and holding public events highlighting their opposition

No human system is human-proof. It's scary that there is no perfect organization of society that keeps everyone in line. The solution is actually democratic, asking how are our systems meeting the needs of the people, and doing something when they don't.

This is we need more TV and Film about religious communities, faith, and scripture.

Great idea but I think this will be as likely as Disney releasing the Original Theatrical cut of Star Wars. 💔

TIL That we're not living in 1984 and we're not living in Brave New World either, we're living in Fight Club.

The intensity of the fascist takeover is going to take a toll. Remember to: 1. Rest 2. Take breaks from social media and reading the news 3. Invest time in community 4. Go outside 5. Drink water, eat healthy, sleep as well as you can 6. Ask for help and support when you need it

You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.

Take a breath and remember: The world is beautiful. The world is full of love. You are precious. You are a blessing. Shabbat Shalom

Wanna get radicalized? Ask AI web search policy questions. According to Perplexity, about a 1% increase in *effective* federal tax rate on the top .5% could pay for a 10% salary increase for every public school teacher in the US. Feel free to check the convo. www.perplexity.ai/search/how-m...

I just heard: "human language is the primary means by which human beings resist the world as it is given". Now I need to be quiet for a while.

That feeling when your well thought out response in the comments gets its first like but it's a 🌶️-bot account.

I think the big political lesson from the Trump Era really is. Everyone's choices matters. You have more power than you think. Progressivism isn't dead, it's gonna change. You can help make a stronger more loving world. Don't ever wait for permission to do something. Go do your thing.

Dear Rabbis and Jewish Organizers, your innovative, communal Jewish program is for the 20's and 30's crowd and us 40+ Jews are desperate for the same and can't partake. Please start doing like hip innovative communal programming that includes Elder Millennials and Young Gen-Xers.

I miss that era when people loved writing epic yelp reviews.

Your not going to convince me that our phones arent listening to us when my gf's phone gets served an insta post about places to eat chocolate cakes when we're at a cafe eating a chocolate cake. Oh and the listicle lists the place we're eating at. 👀👀👍

Pretending to ratify the ERA on the last day of the job but not allowing enough time to get it signed, sealed and delivered really takes the definition of virtue signaling to a whole 'nother level. The performative ally-est president

@skylight.social We’re using atproto to build a TikTok replacement. We’ll continue to post updates on Bluesky! Follow along if you’d like to see the process and comment with any suggestions!

One of the deep secrets in life is that all that is really worth doing is what we do for others. ~Lewis Carroll

I just bumbled into the name of a genre called “Hopepunk” when looking up one of my favorte authors, Becky Chambers … and in addition to they learned she has published more books than I realized. YAY! (“The long way to a small angry planet” is very good)

It would be really funny if this post went viral.

Being able to get out of bed without laying about in a stupor is a blessing.

Both the Mishna—the foundation-text of Rabbinic Judaism—and the Quran teach that if you save one life, you save a whole world.

New piece about the way we talk about the climate as if it's the weather, and why we need to transform our discussions. This wasn't something that happened. And we need to make sure we never talk about it that way again.

While I've been enjoying all the "you got a follow" messages on this app, I've come to realize they are mostly 🌶️ bot accounts.

Austin food in NYC!